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The Children’s Sangha: Self-Regulated Strategy Development for Writing Workshop

Event date:

Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location:

Room 1100, New Academic Building

Description:

Christine Keller, M.A., M.S.Ed. and Chava Blitzer, Director of the Chai Center Middle and High School Academy for Special Learning Needs will facilitate a workshop on Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) for Writing, a research-based approach developed by Harris & Graham to assist learners of all ages who struggle with the writing process.

Parents… SRSD is an approach that works for kids with learning disabilities and differences (i.e., Dysgraphia)!

Educators… This approach does not replace but enhances what you are already doing with tools to reach all students!

Students… Using SRSD is a way to use your interests and strengths to enable writing success in a meaningful way!

Integrates all major learning theories (social cognitive, constructivist and behavioral)

Offers practical strategies to help readers and writers strengthen their ability to learn in social contexts, be strategic, engage in purposeful discovery and become independent thinkers.

Foregrounds writing as a window into thinking and as a way to develop the kind of critical thinking behind the reading standards. Strong, creative, critical thinking, leads to rich writing and vice versa.

Enables students to take charge of how they self-regulate their thought processes in ways that equip students with powerful voice and agency.

Uses a 6-stage gradual release framework. Not a program, SRSD is a set of practices that empower teachers to enhance how they already teach literacy, and develop the self-regulation students need to be in charge of their literacy lives.

While tools and lesson plans are available merely to help teachers get started, SRSD is meant to be customized and transformed to integrate with and enhance teachers’ current best practices.

Meaning drives reading and writing in SRSD. Students are supported in self-regulating how they make meaning and communicate those with varied scaffolds that are removed as soon as our students become independent, fluid thinkers.

Donation of $15 to The Children’s Sangha for General Public / NO FEE for SUNY OW Faculty, Staff or Students!